Iraq Aftermath
Friday prayers at the Umm Qasr Husseinia mosque. Umm Qasr is the first town in Iraq to be handed back to an interim Iraqi administration. Sheik Ismail Ali al-Timimi of the mosque is the head of the election committee organizing voting to select a permanent town council. Despite this progress, the town still faces many problems..Umm Qasr, Iraq. 23 May 2003..Photo © J.B. Russell